Entering the UK
Quarantining when you arrive in the UK
If you’re travelling to England you must:
- take 2 coronavirus (COVID-19) tests after you arrive in England - you’ll need to book these before you travel
- either quarantine in the place you’re staying or in a managed quarantine hotel for 10 days when you arrive in England
What you need to do depends on where you travel in the 10 days before you arrive in England.
If you travel in or through a country on the banned travel list (sometimes called the ‘red list’) in those 10 days you will need to quarantine in a managed quarantine hotel. If you do not travel in or through a country on the banned travel list in those 10 days you will need to quarantine in the place you’re staying.
Find out which countries are on the banned travel list.
If you’ll travel in or through a country on the banned travel list, find out how to book a managed quarantine hotel and your coronavirus tests.
If you will not travel in or through a country on the banned travel list, find out how to quarantine in the place you’re staying and book your coronavirus tests.
Find out what to do if you’re:
You may be fined if you do not quarantine in the place you’re staying or in a managed quarantine hotel when you need to. You can be prosecuted if you do not pay on time.
The government will use the details you provide in your passenger locator form to check you’re quarantining in the place you’re staying or in a managed quarantine hotel.